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WISCONSIN; REITANO V. CALIFORNIA; VILLAGE BOOKS, INC., ET AL. V. MARSHALL, STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY; ADULT BOOK STORE ET AL. V. SENSENBRENNER, MAYOR OF COLUMBUS; MARKS ET AL. V. CITY OF NEWPORT; WASSERMAN V. MUNICIPAL COURT OF ALHAMBRA JUDICIAL DISTRICT; STROUD V. INDIANA; MOHNEY V. INDIANA; BROWN V. UNITED STATES; MITCHUM V. TENNESSEE; JOHNSON ET AL. V. KENTUCKY; TOBALINA V. CALIFORNIA; ADLER ET AL. V. CALIFORNIA; GETMAN ET AL. V. MINNESOTA; P. A. J. THEATRES CORP. V. NEW YORK; RIDENS ET AL. V. ILLINOIS ET AL.; KNOXVILLE BOOKMART, INC., ET AL. V. TENNESSEE EX REL. WEBSTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERAL; PRICE V. VIRGINIA; ALBINI ET AL. V. OHIO ET AL.; MACKEN ET AL. V. OHIO ET AL.; ELSTER V. CALIFORNIA; GOLDSTEIN V. VIRGINIA; KEITH V. CALIFORNIA; YANNUCCI V. NEW YORK; G. I. DISTRIBUTORS, INC., ET AL. V. MURPHY, POLICE COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF NEW YORK, ET AL.; LITTLE V. CALIFORNIA; DE SANTIS V. NEW JERSEY; WINSLOW V. VIRGINIA; TOUTANT V. CALIFORNIA; KUHNS ET AL. V. CALIFORNIA; CASTNER ET AL. V. CALIFORNIA; GULF STATES THEATRES OF LOUISIANA, INC., ET AL. V. LOUISIANA ET AL.; BRYANT ET AL. V. NORTH CAROLINA

U.S. | 1973-06-25
Nos. 71-411; No. 71-701; No. 71-739; No. 71-773; No. 71-844; No. 71-984; No. 71-1201; No. 71-1347; No. 71-1368; No. 71-1458; No. 71-1464; No. 71-1587; No. 71-1641; No. 71-1674; No. 71-1702; No. 72-124; No. 72-172; No. 72-357; No. 72-538; No. 72-539; No. 72-558; No. 72-569; No. 72-591; No. 72-859; No. 72-872; No. 72-918; No. 72-961; No. 72-994; No. 72-1062; No. 72-1071; No. 72-1072; No. 72-1221; No. 72-1330
413 U.S. 911 Supreme Court of the United States (1973) Caution
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The Supreme Court summarily vacated and remanded numerous state and federal court decisions involving obscenity prosecutions and regulations, reflecting the Court's reconsideration of obscenity standards following recent precedent. The decisions encompassed various cases challenging the constitutionality of state and local obscenity laws as applied to adult bookstores, theaters, and distributors of sexually explicit materials. These orders indicated the Court's determination to reassess how lower courts should apply First Amendment protections in obscenity cases.


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Sup. Ct. Wis. Reported below: 51 Wis. 2d 683, 188 N. W. 2d 475; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of Orange; Ct. App. Md. Reported below: 263 Md. 76, 282 A. 2d 126; Sup. Ct. Ohio. Reported below: See 26 Ohio App. 2d 183, 271 N. E. 2d 13; Ct. App. Ky.; C. A. 9th Cir. Reported below: 449 F. 2d 787; Sup. Ct. Ind. Reported below: 257 Ind. 204, 273 N. E. 2d 842; Sup. Ct. Ind. Reported below: 257 Ind. 394, 276 N. E. 2d 517; No. 71-1368. No. 71-1458. No. 71-1464. No. 71-1587. No. 71-1641. No. 71-1674. No. 71-1702. No. 72-124. No. 72-172. No. 72-357. No. 72-538. No. 72-539. No. 72-558. No. 72-569. No. 72-591. No. 72-859.

C. A. 4th Cir.; Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; Ct. App. Ky. Reported below: 475 S. W. 2d 893; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of Los Angeles; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of Sacramento. Reported below: 25 Cal. App. 3d Supp. 24, 101 Cal. Rptr. 726; Sup. Ct. Minn. Reported below: 293 Minn. 11, 195 N. W. 2d 827; App. Term, Sup. Ct. N. Y., 1st Jud. Dept.; Sup. Ct. Ill. Reported below: 51 Ill. 2d 410, 282 N. E. 2d 691; Sup. Ct. Tenn.; Sup. Ct. Va. Reported below: 213 Va. 113, 189 S. E. 2d 324; Sup. Ct. Ohio. Reported below: 31 Ohio St. 2d 27, 285 N. E. 2d 327; Ct. App. Ohio, Summit County; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of San Francisco; Sup. Ct. Va.; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of Los Angeles; App. Term, Sup. Ct. N. Y., 2d & 11th Jud. Dists.; No. 72-872. No. 72-918. No. 72-961. No. 72-994. No. 72-1062. No. 72-1071. No. 72-1072. No. 72-1221. No. 72-1330.

C. A. 2d Cir. Reported below: 469 F. 2d 752; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of Orange; Super. Ct. N. J.; Sup. Ct. Va.; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of San Bernardino; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of Santa Cruz; App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of Santa Cruz; Sup. Ct. La. Reported below: 270 So. 2d 547; and Ct. App. N. C. Reported below: 16 N.

C. App. 456, 192 S. E. 2d 693.


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